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| … 1928 • 1929 • 1930 – 1931 – 1932 • 1933 • 1934 … … 1900s • 1910s • 1920s – 1930s – 1940s • 1950s • 1960s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … |
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Events
- The Whitney Museum of American Art is founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
- October 4 - Debut appearance of the Dick Tracy comic strip, created by cartoonist Chester Gould.
- Nashville Children's Theatre is founded by The Junior League of Nashville.
Works
- See also: Category:1931 paintings
- Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory
- Georgia O'Keeffe - Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Awards
- Archibald Prize: John Longstaff - Sir John Sulman
Births
- 21 January - Paul Deliège, comic strip artist and writer.
- 9 February - Robert Morris, sculptor.
- 18 February - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (d.2007).
- 23 February - Tom Wesselmann, American pop artist (d.2004).
- 26 February - Jacques Rouxel, French animator (d.2004).
- 13 March - Michael Podro, English art historian (d.2008).
- 25 March - Jack Chambers, Canadian artist and filmmaker (d.1978).
- 24 April - Bridget Riley, painter.
- 29 April - Frank Auerbach, painter.
- 24 August - Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, Portuguese artist and professor (d.2008).
Full date unknown
- Bernd Becher, German photographer (d.2007).
- Serge Danot, French animator (d.1990).
Deaths
- March 7 - Theo van Doesburg, painter and architect, leader of De Stijl (b. 1883)
- March 14 - Alfred Grenander, architect (b. 1863)
- July 11 - Jean-Louis Forain, Impressionist painter (b. 1852)
- September 20 - Max Littmann, architect (b. 1862)
- September 29 - William Orpen, portrait painter (b. 1878)
- November 17 - Edward Simmons, Impressionist painter (b. 1852)
- Bela Čikoš Sesija, painter (b. 1864)
- Lancelot Speed, illustrator (b. 1860)
- Akseli Gallen-Kallela, painter (b. 1865)
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